red devil

Baby I Love You - The Ramones

Move On Up - Curtis Mayfield

Boys - Sabrina

Runaway- Del Shannon Damn!..too slow...

Jack In the Box - Clodagh Rodgers Video

At least we won't have the tabloids big build-up to the next World Cup about how we are going to win it!

What about those who don't frequent the EDF?

...and to think at the start of this thread titled 'Local Lothario' I had a vision of an ageing Leslie Phillips type character!..

Hi Huguenot, What's your thoughts on the libel situation re. BBW's comment, afterall an establishment is named in the post?.. For the record my original post was very firmly tongue in cheek (no pun intended) as anyone who frequents that establishment will understand...;-) Huguenot Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hi red devil and Mickecg, unfortunately Asset's > right, and the 'allegedly' isn't defence. Only > 'fair comment' and legal proof are defences. > Neither are applicable in this situation, and it's > highly defamatory. > > I don't think you guys were regulars when the > Forum had its last run in with libel, and it gets > very messy very quickly. > > May I volunteer that you could go back and edit > your posts to avoid any mention of anything that > could identify the chap? Even cryptic > identification is a no-no. If you can tell who he > is by any means, then we all go down.

The Jack That House Built - Jack'n'Chill

Happy Jack - The Who Got it HB!...I'd been waiting ages to drop in a 'one hit wonder'!

I'd rather Jack - Reynolds Girls

It's the bloke who runs...allegedly Asset Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > This thread could veer into dangerous territory. > > Libel springs to mind.

HONK! if you love Honk!...:)) ???? Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I think this Honk fella/dame shows promise

HONK! if you hate Honk!...(6) TillieTrotter Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Honk, you really are becoming a friggin bore.

I know, that's why I quit while I was ahead...

No attack, but I think Hilsborough had a massive impact on him personally, even though this happened before the Blackburn era I don't think his heart was in it anymore...

We agree to disagree...

That's no way to talk about Gordon Strachan!.. > To clarify, I meant in the Premiership. Let's face > it you could shave a monkey, put him in a > tracksuit and give him either Rangers or Celtic to > manage on any given season and he's more than > likely to win the league. ;-)

are you an anthropologist?, do mozambiquians have any unique distinguishing features?, can you try and narrow down the search to a specific tribal village?...;-) woodie Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- ...not west african or jamaican more mozambique (ish kinda)looking...

EDO, if the agents aren't happy they can always say no to my proposal of no renewal fee, so far this has never happened. All contracts are negotiable. It's the underhand tactics of agents in not drawing attention to these extras that p's the public off, hence Keef's original post. It's hard to negotiate if it's not clear what's on the table. One agent I thought about using made no mention of the renewal fee until I prompted him, and when I asked him where it was written into the contract, I was told I had to check out a referenced website link for general terms and conditions. Another trick of agents is to include a clause that if the landlord was to subsequently sell the property to the tenants at any time in the future, the landlord would be liable to pay the estate agent a full sales commission e.g 2% of selling price... EDOldie Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Agents should (and I wish by law) charge the very > minimum to the tenants. Unfortunately many agents > see the tenant as another income generator. The > respectable ones don't and only charge what it > costs to make credit checks etc. Landlords often > list property with more than one agent for letting > and tenants should ask what the charges are likely > to be before they start looking. Shop around, this > exploitation will stop if people do. > > I have to take issue with Red Devil. If an agent > introduces you to a stream of income why should > their fee stop after one year? Makes no sense to > me although it is the subject of litigation at the > moment, (can I use the F word?) Foxtons are > fighting a case at the moment I think and won the > last argument but i think the case continues. > maybe someone out there knows more than I do > (unlikely) about this.

A ban on bonuses would sort that problem out... Most peoples's salaries are weighted in accordance to their level of expertise, skills, experience etc. What Joe Public can't understand is this expectation of bonuses regardles of performance, as well as a high salary... Jeremy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > ....it is necessary to pay a bonus to > the best people to get them to stay.

I did say it was during a downturn!..

Whilst working for a number of architectural practices up town it was the norm that once a year the whole office would be treated to a long weekend trip away, usually to places with architectural merit e.g Lisbon, Rome, Paris, that way the whole office was rewarded equally no matter what their position was in the company, even in a downturn we managed a day trip to Brighton!

Keef, even landlords have to be careful with agents; most contracts have a renewal fee charge, which means after the initial tenancy agreement is up, and the tenants and landlord agree to extend it, the agents will charge the landlord another 8-10% of the total annual rental income for doing nothing!...i've always been lucky to rent out privately, but when I've advertised through an agency I've always insisted this charge is omitted before I would sign up, as well as getting them to reduce their 'finders fee'...I think most tenants would benefit from renting privately too, I certainly wouldn't consider charging for checking references, inventory, contract etc, afterall it's usually only a couple of phonecalls; what gets me about the agents charging for references is that in the smallprint they say they aren't culpable if the tenants default on the rent...enjoy your new place!